Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford has launched a new campaign using Twitter as part of plans to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

The attraction will use the social network website to enable 'tweeters' to experience how RAF Duxford operated during the historic Second World War battle, with tweets sent at the exact time and date events occurred. It is hoped the Twitter campaign will provide visitors with an insight into how the battle was co-ordinated, and how events gathered pace during 1940 as the German Luftwaffe threatened British airspace.

An IWM Duxford spoksperson said: "Operations Record Books are reproduced exactly as they were written during those dark days of 1940, bringing the lost voices of RAF Duxford's personnel vividly to life in this special anniversary year. "The tweets will show life at RAF Duxford from its daily routines to records of combat which were filed with increasing regularity as the Battle of Britain intensified."